The P5+1 world powers, which include the US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany, reached an agreement with Iran on Sunday committing Iran to limiting its developing nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions . The agreement outlines a six-month program , although the US holds that this agreement is only an initial [...]
Bahraini authorities on Saturday arrested and charged two former Guantanamo Bay detainees for plotting an attack in Bahrain. Reports indicate authorities caught the former detainees as they attempted to cross into Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on the King Fahad Causeway using forged passports. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has yet to identify the arrestees but noted that [...]
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour on Sunday signed into law a bill circumscribing citizens’ right to protest in public. The law requires demonstrators to obtain permission from authorities one week in advance of gathering in public, grants the interior ministry the right to reject requests and imposes severe fines for violations. Several advocacy groups have [...]
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Friday ordered the release of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise as well as the release of the 28 activists and two freelance journalists who were arrested on board the ship, upon payment of a €3.6 million euro bond by the Netherlands. The Greenpeace [...]
Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr has gone on trial in absentia in Italy on charges of criminal association with the goal of terrorism and aiding illegal emigration with the goal of terrorism, based on an investigation from 2002. Before the investigation could be concluded and charges filed, Nasr was kidnapped from a Milan street [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday upheld a ban on pharmacies selling their own generic drug brands. The ruling addresses the Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act and the Ontario Drug Benefit Act which were meant to control the rising price of pharmaceuticals. Under this scheme, private pharmacies may not control generic drug manufactures [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop and frisk program program was carried out in a discriminatory manner. The court refused to throw out the lower court ruling written by Judge Shira Scheindlin simply because she was [...]
A Russian court on Wednesday released on bail the captain of a Greenpeace International ship, one of the last activists awaiting trial on charges of hooliganism in St. Petersburg. Captain Peter Willcox was granted bail two months after he was arrested for his involvement in a Greenpeace protest. Seven activists were released Tuesday. The Greenpeace [...]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a contempt order against a state commission for implementing a law ending collective bargaining for most public workers. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that the Dane County Circuit Court erred by holding in contempt the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission for preparing certification elections for hundreds of [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by South Korea’s Woori Bank against Bark of America’s Merrill Lynch unit. The lawsuit, which concerned losses from USD $143 million of collateralized debt obligations, was dismissed in February by district court judge Victor Marrero because it [...]
